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Hasretim

2010
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A musical installation for 20 instrumentalists and video, commissioned by the HELLERAU European Center of the Arts, Dresden, also released as an audio-visual album by ECM Records.

HASRETIM (“My Desire”) revolves around a musical search for cultural identity. Together with Markus Rindt, the Artistic Director of the Dresdner Sinfoniker, guitarist and composer Marc Sinan set off on an extraordinary journey. Their route spanned from the Black Sea to the birthplace of Sinan’s grandparents right up to the border with Armenia.

The duo spent many weeks tracking down and filming traditional musicians in an attempt to uncover the mystery of their art and find what could be the final surviving musical documents from a different present day. Traditional music is a dying art here, just like it is everywhere, and the oral tradition is slowly fading away. The former Asiklar Kahvesis – clubs for singer-songwriters – have now been transformed into mere teahouses. Nowadays, one rarely has the opportunity to meet young musicians, such as kemençe player Mesut Kurt from Trabzon or singer Asiye Göl from Ordu. Only a select few of them are able to eke out a living from their music, yet still they play with great lightness and virtuosity. Their music is a testament to restlessness and temperament, and its diversity reflects traces of Anatolia’s rich cultural and ethnic heritage. In HASRETIM, the musical discoveries and video footage from the trip are interspersed with Marc Sinan’s own contemporary music, and specially arranged for a mixed ensemble featuring the Dresdner Sinfoniker along with Turkish and Armenian guest musicians.

Awarded the World Horizon Award by the German Commission for UNESCO in 2011

“A concert as a beautiful vision.”
– Frankfurter Allgemeine, 22 Oct. 2010

“…a downright fabulous show … at the MaerzMusik Festival, Hasretim was the only full-length show that succeeded in combining all three thematic threads.”
–Die Welt, 3 Apr. 2013

“… an electrifying premiere”
–Die Zeit, 14 Oct. 2010

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Marc Sinan
Composition

Andrea Molino
Musical Arrangement & Musical Direction

Marc Sinan & Markus Rindt
Idea, Concept & Production

Jonathan Stockhammer
Conductor

Musicians:
Mustafa Boztüy, darbuka, framedrum
Güç Başar Gülle, ud
Ömer Can Satır, kaval
Onur Şentürk, kemençe
Erdem Şimşek, bağlama
Vazgen Makaryan, duduk, zurna

Hans-Peter Eckhardt, Markus Rindt, Filip Zorzor
Camera

Fabian Knecht, Filip Zorzor, Lonni Wong
Video

Dresdner Sinfoniker with Turkish and Armenian guests

A co-production of
YMUSIC & Dresdner Sinfoniker
HELLERAU – European Center of the Arts Dresden

Premiered on 9 October 2010 at Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden

Released on 23 August 2013 as a CD/DVD by ECM Records




Marc Sinan
Composition

Andrea Molino
Musical Arrangement & Musical Direction

Marc Sinan & Markus Rindt
Idea, Concept & Production

Jonathan Stockhammer
Conductor

Musicians:
Mustafa Boztüy, darbuka, framedrum
Güç Başar Gülle, ud
Ömer Can Satır, kaval
Onur Şentürk, kemençe
Erdem Şimşek, bağlama
Vazgen Makaryan, duduk, zurna

Hans-Peter Eckhardt, Markus Rindt, Filip Zorzor
Camera

Fabian Knecht, Filip Zorzor, Lonni Wong
Video

Dresdner Sinfoniker with Turkish and Armenian guests

A co-production of
YMUSIC & Dresdner Sinfoniker
HELLERAU – European Center of the Arts Dresden

Premiered on 9 October 2010 at Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden

Released on 23 August 2013 as a CD/DVD by ECM Records



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